Originally posted on my tumblr on 04.11.2024. Inspired by 'Great Concern'.
When I was in grade eight (roughly around the last time I was most active on this site lol), I headcanon'd Karelia and Ingria to be Estonia and Finland's children.
The thistle is the emblem of Scotland as a barefoot viking raider cried out in pain as he stood on one, alerting the Scottish army encampment that the Norse army were sneaking up on.
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